Picton Quotes & Sayings

After what God has done in my life, I will be only what it pleases Him to make me. — Norma Gail

Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you can't just ride along. You're learning to steer the ship, navigation; you're pulling lines, keeping a lookout; in the galley you're cooking. — Billy Campbell

I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns. — Tom Hicks

Seasickness in itself is not contagious, but I'm pretty sure that puking is extremely contagious. — Ray Palla

America's strength lies not in its one-ness, but in its diversity of beliefs and efforts. And it will take all our strength in the coming years to combat global warming alarmism and to keep America from falling into the totalitarian green abyss. — Steven Milloy

There's three ways not to see what you don't want to,' she told me. 'One is the coward's way and too damned painful. The other is to close your eyes forever which is the same as the first, when it comes to it. The third is the hardest and the best: You have to make sure only the things you can afford to see come before you.' * — Jeff VanderMeer

History is indeed more than the register of crime,folilies and misfortune of mankind. — Peter Adejimi

Pantheism differs from the systems of belief constituting the main religions of the world in being comparatively free from any limits of period, climate, or race. For while what we roughly call the Egyptian Religion, the Vedic Religion, the Greek Religion, Buddhism, and others of similar fame have been necessarily local and temporary, Pantheism has been, for the most part, a dimly discerned background, an esoteric significance of many or all religions, rather than a "denomination" by itself. The best illustration of this characteristic of Pantheism is the catholicity of its great prophet Spinoza. For he felt so little antagonism to any Christian sect, that he never urged any member of a church to leave it, but rather encouraged his humbler friends, who sought his advice, to make full use of such spiritual privileges as they appreciated most. — J. ALLANSON PICTON

I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers. — Eli Broad

Still, I find lying to be more dangerous than expertly telling the truth, so I avoid it whenever possible. — Drew Hayes

Eating in front of the TV with your pants off is the type of thing that wears you down over time. — Heather Wagner

Enemies come, too, from opinions and thoughts. In five seconds you've made an enemy for life. Life's so short enemies must be made quickly. — Ray Bradbury

It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation. — Thomas Jefferson

I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; it's a very specific task. — Dmitry Medvedev

So now you know what else existed in the world outside of you, before you knew only about yourself! — Franz Kafka

My job, when it comes to free agency, trades, is not to pick players, but support the personnel department and the coaching staff. We have to have the financial resources to make things happen and that's my job. — Arthur Blank

Here's a lesson for you, Sonny: Don't write if you can talk, don' talk if you can nod your head, don't nod if you don't have to — Ed Falco